Global miscellany and anecdotes from the 19th century
A collage of notes on world demographics, technology, travel, and culture includes early electric inventions like the flatiron and signaling systems, comparisons of city death rates, and humorous vignettes. It references Rhodes, Josiah Quincy, Iguazu Falls, and theater humor from Frankfort, with scattered quotes about explorers, miners, and social scenes.
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England
British Empire
Boston
Chicago
Stockholm
Christiana
Berlin
London
Europe
Germany
America
General Electric Company
Rhodes
the Colossus
Knights of St. John
Jerusalem
Josiah Quincy
New Mexico Sees Old Ways Yield to Modern Growth
The territory advances toward statehood as modern offices replace adobe churches, irrigation expands, and vast homestead entries rise. Gov Curry cites a population above 450,000 with Roosevelt County growing from 5,000 to 30,000 in five years. Reclamation projects at Carlsbad Honda and Elephant Butte aim to reclaim over 500,000 acres at about 15 million dollars. Santa Fe remains the historic political center, with a strong Mexican and Spanish influence evident in language, people, and architecture.
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Dld
Order of Things
New Mexico
Sisterhood of States
Spain
Ing
George Curry
Roosevelt County
United States
Carlsbad
Honda
Elephant Butte
Reclamation Service
Valley of the Nile
Chaves
Eddytes
Santa Fe
America
Kearney
San Miguel
Bold Bandits Hold Up Train Near Denver
A Colorado train robbery near Denver inflames Old West nostalgia. A lone tall man and a short helper halted the Denver and Rio Grande Express at Military Junction twelve miles from Denver, near a fort with sleeping soldiers. They fled with bags reportedly worth over fifty thousand dollars, possibly the largest haul among Younger-era style robberies. The tale recalls known Western outlaws and signals a revival of dramatic holds ups, contrasting with earlier Missouri incidents where a country teacher with a pistol targeted a governor’s train.
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Jesse James
United States
Colorado
Atlantic Express
Denver and
Rilo Grande
Military Junction
Denver
West
Diamond Dick
Dave Devil Harry
Jimmy
Bloody Mountain
Missouri
St. Louis
Romantic Tale Of A City Begun On Rafts Of Tree Trunks
A New York World article recounts the legendary founding of Mexico City, tracing Aztec legends from 1225 to Tenoch titlan's official foundation in 1395, and notes ancient Wer Geld laws where money or family bondsmen settled fatalities.
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Lake
New Metropolis
City of
Mexico
Rosary Magazine
Sncienr
Tenochtitlan
Tacitus
New York World
Thrift Tales From a North Country and London Scraps
A Scotsman and his English companion discuss thrift with humor in London Scraps. The Scotsman boasts his wife saved a sovereign instead of buying a hat while the Englishman says his wife keeps the children short of meals to save pennies.
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Newt
London
Heaven's First Law and Quirky Kitchen Quips
A clipped miscellany notes a tale from Success Magazine where Reverend Frank Crane describes a bride who refuses the obedience question until her betrothed retrieves her, meekly consenting. The Birmingham Age-Herald adds a playful line about alfalfa muffins for horses and mules. A closing quip advocates steady temper and honest praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Crane
Success Magazine
Birmingham Age-Herald
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New South Wales
Australia
Broken Hills
Sydney
Antonia
Dees
Pierre Coubertin
Emilie la Roche
Antoine
Iguazu Falls
Paraguay
Brazil
Argentine Republic
Buenos Aires
Asia Minor
Smyrna
Frankfort
Jose
San Miguel Church
Coronadd
de ‘Vaca
Bne
Sadyl
Wellmentine
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